Stovepipe holder and ventilator



G. C. GRAETER,

STOVEPI PE HOLDER AND VENIILATOR. APPLICATION'EILED JUNE 1.. 1.920.

1,355,223. Patented 001;.12 ,1920

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GEORGE C. GRAE'IER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

STOVEPIPE HOLDER AND VENTILATOR.

Application filed June 4, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. GRAETER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe Holdersand Ventilators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stove pipe holders andventilators for tents, and has for one of its objects the production ofa simple and inexpensive device of this description which may be easilyattached to the roof or wall of a tent and when so placed will eliminatethe possibility of the tent taking fire due to the fabric of the saidtent coming into contact with the heated stove pipe.

Another object of my invention is to providing a substantial airpassageway between the stove pipe and the fabric of the tent. Theelements forming this air passageway serve the dual purpose of keepingthe stove pipe spaced apart from the fabric of the tent, and acting as aventilator whereby the air within the said tent may be renewed.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a stove pipe holderand ventilator which at times when a stove is not being used may beconverted into a screened ventilator that will permit a free passage ofair but will bar the entrance of insects that would otherwise infest thetent.

Figure I is a plan of my device with the shield removed showing itattached to a fragment of the roof of a tent.

Fig. II is a sectional view showing my device attached to a fragment ofthe tent with the shield shown in place.

Fig. III is an enlarged section on line IIIIII of Fig. I.

Fig. IV is a plan of the screened ventilator used in connection with myinvention.

Fig. V is a plan of the screen shown in Fig. IV.

Fig. VI is a plan view of the shield shown in Fig. II.

In the drawings A designates the fabric forming the roof or wall of atent to which has been attachedmy improved stove pipe holder andventilator. l and 2 indicate Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920. Serial No. 386,508.

frame members which are preferably circular in shape and are providedwith holes to receive bolts or other fastening means which will behereinafter described.

3 indicates a stove pipe encircling band having integral radial arms 4:extending outwardly therefrom, the outer ends of said arms beingflattened and having holes formed therein to receive bolts 5.

Located equidistant around the frame member 1 on the lower side thereofis a plurality of projections 6 which may be formed by punching themetal from the upper side. These projections 6 register with recesses 7formed in the frame member 2, when the said frame members are clampedtogether.

To attach my device to the roof or wall of frame member 1 forcing thefabric of the tent into the recesses 7 in the frame member 2, thusinsuring the said frame members a firm grip on the said fabric.

After the frame members 1 and 2 have been drawn together by the bolts 5the tent fabric within the said frame members may be cut away leaving anopening through the tent as shown in the drawing, after which the stovepipe encircling band 3 may be secured in place by the bolts 5 beingpassed through the bolt holes in the radial arms 4: and throughcorresponding holes in the frame members and tent fabric.

Toeliminate any possibility of heat from the stove pipe traveling alongthe arms 4 to the frame member 1 and setting fire to the tent, I providea layer of fireproof ma terial designated by the reference number 8 tobe interposed between the frame member 1 and the fabric of the tent.

At times when a stove is not being used my device may be converted intoa ventilafor by removing the bolts 5 which secure the radial arms 4 ofthe stove pipe encircling band 3 to the frame members 1 and 2, andremoving the said band 3. A screened frame member 9 may then besubstituted (as shown in Fig. IV) which screened frame member isprovided with spring clips 10,

' which bear against the inside periphery just described in connection,with the screened frame member I elalmz 1. A stove pipe holder andventilator for tents comprising frame members, a stove pipe encirclingband, located within the said frame members and separated therefrom, toprovide an air space between said frame members and said stove pipeencircling band, and arins, connecting the frame members to theStovepipe encircling band. 2. A stove pipe holder and ventilator fortents comprising frame members, a stove pipe encircling band locatedwithin the said frame members, and separated therefrom to provide an airspace between said frame members and said stove pipe encircling band,andradial arms connecting the frame members to the stove pipe encirclingband.

3. A stove pipe holder and ventilator for tents comprising framemembers, a stove pipe encircling band located within the said framemembers and separated therefrom to provide an air space between saidframe members and said stove pipe encircling band, and radial armsformed integral with the stove pipe encircling band whereby the saidstove pipe encircling band may be cured to the frame members.

4. A stove pipe holder and ventilator for tents comprising a pair offrame members between which the fabric of the tent is clamped, one ofsaid frame members being provided with a plurality of projections andthe other frame member having a plurality of recesses registering withthe projections on the first mentioned frame member, whereby the fabricof the tent will be forced into the recesses in one of the frame membersby the projections on the other frame member when the said frame membersare bolted together, a stove pipe encircling band located within thesaid frame members and separated therefrom to provide an air spacebetween the said frame members and the said stove pipe encircling band,and arms carried by the stove pipe encircling band whereby the saidstove pipe encircling band is supported by the frame members.

5. A stove pipe holder and ventilator for tents comprising a pair offrame members between which the fabric of the .tent is clamped, a stovepipe encircling band located within the said frame members and separatedtherefrom, to provide an air space between the said frame members andthe said stove pipe encircling band, radial arms formed integral withthe stove pipe encircling band whereby the said stove pipe encirclingband may be secured to the frame members, and a heat insulatorinterposed between the fabric of the tent and that.

frame member against which the radial arms bear.

6. A stove pipe holder andventilator for tents comprising a pair offrame members between which the fabric of the tent is clamped, a stovepipe encircling band located within the said frame members and separatedtherefrom to provide an air space between the said frame members and thesaid stove pipe encircling band, radial arms carried by the said stovepipe encircling band whereby the said stove pipe encircling band may besecured to the frame members, and a shield whereby the air space may beclosed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature.

GEORGE c. GRAETER,

